Weather Records on 26 December 1914

135 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1914. Highest significance: Benalla (Shadforth Street), AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1914

On 26 December 1914, 135 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 123 daily.
Benalla (Shadforth Street) set a daily record precipitation of 37.1 mm (1.5 in) on 26 December 1914.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

135 stations

135 station records on 26 December 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Castlemaine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

135 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1914 by type: Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 77, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 December 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 December 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 123.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

125 broken records

Margins by which the 125 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1914

Top 20 records on 26 December 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1914	Benalla (Shadforth Street), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1914	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1914	Smeaton Weir, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1914	Hay (Miller Street), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1914	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1914	Port Stanley, CA	monthly low min	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1914	Port Albert, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1914	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1914	Wandin (Yallock), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1914	Port Dover, CA	monthly low min	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1914	Euroa, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1914	Beales Reservoir, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1914	Beaufort, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1914	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1914	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1914	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1914	Welland, CA	monthly low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1914	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1914	Charlottetown, CA	monthly low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1914	Washington, US	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1798 to 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1914. 1914 had 135 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-26 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1806	2
1810	1
1824	1
1835	1
1839	1
1848	1
1852	4
1853	2
1868	1
1872	2
1875	1
1876	1
1881	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	3
1891	1
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	3
1899	10
1900	8
1901	6
1902	11
1903	4
1904	4
1905	3
1906	18
1907	12
1908	13
1909	36
1910	8
1911	48
1912	79
1913	47
1914	135
1915	62
1916	27
1917	41
1918	49
1919	53
1920	84
1921	123
1922	215
1923	302
1924	295
1925	151
1926	148
1927	104
1928	342
1929	190
1930	218
1931	289
1932	395
1933	658
1934	267
1935	659
1936	1,106
1937	170
1938	336
1939	347
1940	535
1941	436
1942	916
1943	344
1944	266
1945	295
1946	458
1947	508
1948	619
1949	310
1950	425
1951	330
1952	148
1953	215
1954	269
1955	668
1956	541
1957	676
1958	401
1959	974
1960	333
1961	352
1962	816
1963	321
1964	1,280
1965	443
1966	327
1967	545
1968	1,019
1969	850
1970	365
1971	1,116
1972	527
1973	717
1974	1,078
1975	1,010
1976	534
1977	757
1978	658
1979	369
1980	2,348
1981	761
1982	1,769
1983	3,763
1984	568
1985	1,102
1986	495
1987	2,414
1988	1,662
1989	733
1990	1,253
1991	679
1992	507
1993	822
1994	1,034
1995	1,426
1996	2,024
1997	1,101
1998	554
1999	1,057
2000	1,390
2001	642
2002	947
2003	730
2004	778
2005	976
2006	866
2007	674
2008	1,119
2009	1,580
2010	1,746
2011	1,019
2012	1,300
2013	480
2014	569
2015	2,352
2016	1,592
2017	719
2018	449
2019	830
2020	402
2021	1,205
2022	1,111
2023	1,127
2024	541
2025	1,661

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	70
5 to 10	25
10 to 15	10
15 to 20	7
20 to 25	7
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	4
35 to 40	1